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GREAT ORCHID EXHIBITION. 

 To Be Held at Boston May 26, 27, 28, 

 29 and 30, 1910, by the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. 



For the best display of orchid 

 plants in bloom, arranged tor effect, 

 tmbracing at least 20 orchid genera 

 and bi-generic hybrids, and unlimited 

 as to number oi species, varieties and 

 hybrids, to fill 4U0 square feet of spate. 



In the arraiij^enieiit, stovo and jrrctMiIuuise 

 foliage plants may he used, and tlie gen- 

 eral effect produced (with or without such 

 plautsi will be considered by the judges in 

 making awards as per the following scale 

 of points: 



Variety of Orchids 30 poiuts 



Quality ;i5 '• 



Arrangement and decorative effect. .25 " 

 Novelty of Orchids 10 " 



C>it bloonw of rare sorts not exceeding 

 in number five per centum of the total 

 number of varieties of Orchid plants in the 

 exhibit will be admissible. 

 First prize. ., .sold medal and $1000.00 

 Second prize, .silver medal and $500.00 

 Third prize, .bi-onze medal and $250.00 



For the best display of orchid plants 

 in bloom arranged for effect, embracing 

 at least TO orchid genera and bi- 

 generic hybrids, and unlimited as to 

 number of species, varieties and hy- 

 brids, to till l.W square feet of space. 



In the arrangement, stove and greenhouse 

 foliage plants may be used, aud the gen- 

 eral effect produ( ed (with or witliout such 

 plants) will be considered by the judges in 

 making awards as per following scale of 

 points: 



Variety at Orchid.s .'!0 points 



Quality 35 " 



Arrangement and decorative effect. .2.5 

 Novelty of Or.-liids 10 " 



Cut blooms ..f i:iM- -nii> not exceeding In 

 number five ih i .. ii im ■>': the total num- 

 ber nf variciii 1 ('I, In, I plants in the 

 exhibit will b.- hi dj-mM.. 



Commercial ^ruwer^ excluded from com 

 petition. 



First prize gold med'al and $200.00 



Second prize. . . .silver medal and 100.00 

 Third prize. . . .bronze medal and $50.00 



For the best recently introduced or- 

 chid plant not pieviously exhibited in 

 the United States gold medal 



For the best new seedling orchid 

 plant not previously e.xhibited in the 

 United States gold medal 



For the largest and best display ct 

 ctit orchid blooms arranged with ferns 

 or other foliage. Variety and decora- 

 tive effect will be considered. 



First prize gold medal and $100.00 



Second prize. . .silver medal and $50.00 

 Third prize, .bronze medal and $2,'i.00 



For the best collection of cut orchids 

 of new varieties not before exhibited 

 in the United States. 



Ferns or other foliMge may be used in 

 the arrangement. 

 First prize gold medal 



For the best group of flowering and 

 foliage stove or greenhouse plants ar- 

 ranged for effect: 



First prize Gold medal and $100.00 



Second prize. . . .silver medal and $50.00 



For the best new stove or greenhous,} 

 plant in bloom not previously exhibited 

 in the United States gold medal 



For the best new stove or green- 

 house fol'age plant exclusive of ferns 

 not previously exhibited in the United 

 States gold medal 



For the best coniferous pl&nt, not 

 yet disseminated, likely to be hardy 

 in Massachusetts gold medal 



For the best new shrub or climb.jr 

 in bloom likely to be hardy in Massa- 



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February 13, 1909 



chusetts, not previously exhibited in 



the United States gold medal 



For the best new hardy herbaceous 

 plant in bloom likely to be hardy in 

 Massachusetts, not previously ex- 

 hibited in the United States 



gold medal 



TENNESSEE STATE NURSERY- 

 MEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



At the annual meeting in Nashville, 

 Jan, 27th, oiTicers were elected as fol- 

 lows: J. C. Hale, of Winchester, presi- 

 dent: A. J. Smit'i. of Knoxville, W. Y. 

 C. Grant, of Cjlumbia, and Willis 

 Hastings, of Mansfield, vice-presidents; 

 S. M. Bentley, secretary and treasurer. 



The legislature was asked to appro- 

 priate $5000 to aid the board of ento- 

 mology in its fight against insects and 

 fungi that prey on fruit. 



CARNATION SHOW AT DETROIT. 



The Detroit Florist Club will make a 

 Trade Exhibition of carnations Mon- 

 day evening, Feb. 15th, and all dis- 

 seminators of novelties in carnations, 

 roses or other stock are invited to 

 send sami)les of the same for exhibi- 

 tion. The local trade will be well 

 represented and many visitors expect- 

 ed from adjacent districts. All ship- 

 ments should be made in time to reach 

 here some time Monday, the 15th, and 

 should be addressed to the Michigan 

 Cut Flower Exchange, 38 Broadway. 

 J. F. SULLIVAN, Secy. 



GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



At the next meeting of this club, 

 Tuesday evening, February ICth, M. A. 

 Patten, president of the American Car- 

 nation Society, has promised to give a 

 talk. Provision will be made for a 

 lai-ge display of carnations on that 

 evening, including novelties and stand- 

 ard varieties. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



A meeting was held at the Court 

 House, Norristown, Pa., on Feb. 6, for 

 the purpose of organizing a county hor- 

 ticultural society. 



The S. A. F. & O. H. medals and 

 certificates awarded at the National 

 Flower Show have all been delivered. 

 The silver gilt medal is especially 

 handsome. 



The School of Commerce and 

 Finance of the Boston Young Men's 

 Christian Association announces a 

 free illustrated lecture by H. B. Fuller- 

 ton, special agent of the Long Island 

 R. R. Co., Long Island, N. Y., entitled 

 "The Lure of the Land." The lecture 

 will be held in Association Hall, on 

 February IC at eight o'clock. 



The Bulletin of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Park Superintendents for 

 .January. 1900. has just been issued. 

 Park and Boulevard Lighting. Danger 

 from Leaking Gas, Trees and Shrubs 

 for Seaside Planting, Elm Leaf 

 Beetles, Plantations, Weed Killing on 

 Roads and Walks, Surfacing Play- 

 grounds, Park Signs. About Garden- 

 ers, Cinder Walks, are some of the 

 subjects ably treated by the represen- 

 tative park superintendents and land- 

 scape gardeners of America. This 

 publication alone is well worth the 

 cost of annual membership in the As- 

 sociation. 



During Recess 



FRENCH GARDENERS IN LONDON. 



The French gardeners in London as- 

 sembled on Saturday, January 23, to 

 celebrate the 20th anniversary of tlie 

 founding of the Societe Francaise 

 d'Horticulture de Londres, and a very 

 enjoyable international gathering was 

 the result. The meeting was held at 

 the Cafe Royal, Regent street. Sir Al- 

 bert K. Rolliet being in the chair. The 

 chairman, who is President of the Na- 

 tional Chrysanthemum Society, was 

 surrounded and supported by a large 

 number of his brother officers who 

 have always regarded this French in- 

 stitution as a sister society and have 

 largely helped it, especially in its 

 early days. 



The toasts of the President of the 

 French Republic and King Edward VII 

 were duly honored, the company rising 

 to sing the Marseillaise and God Save 

 the King on each occasion. Sir Albert 

 Rolliet then proposed amid much ap- 

 plause the toast of the evening, "Suc- 

 cess to the Societe Francaise d'Horti- 

 tulture de Londres." which he did with 

 great ability and no little humor, much 

 appreciated by the French and Eng- 

 lish visitors alike. Sir Albert is one 

 of the most accomplished after-dinner 

 speakers in England, and is always at 

 home at a horticultural dinner. On 

 this occasion he was fully up to con- 

 cert pitch, and we regret that the space 

 at our command will not allow us to 

 do him justice. It must suffice to say 

 that the work of the society was most 

 warmly approved by him and he ex- 

 pressed great satisfaction at the excel- 

 lent relations existing between the 

 French and English horticulturists. 

 He extolled its educational advantages 

 and spoke in the warmest terms of the 

 zeal and ability with which the society 

 had been conducted by its worthy 

 President, Mr. George Schneider. 



In response Mr. Schneider thanked 

 the chairman for his kind words, and 

 although he regretted death had 

 thinned their ranks, yet the numbers 

 had increased. Moiisieur Ph. de Vil- 

 morin had kindly accepted the post of 

 Honorary President made vacant by 

 the death of their old friend, Monsieur 

 Ouveard. Other speeches were made 

 by Mr. Plarman Payne, M. Ingamells, 

 M. Thos. Bevan, Mr. Ingram and Mon- 

 sieur Ripard. 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The eleventh annual ball of the 

 Newport Horticultural Society was 

 held in Masonic Hall on the evening 

 of Feb. 3 and. as usual, was well at- 

 tended. This society has always made 

 the hall decorations a prominent fea- 

 ture in these events, so the old mas- 

 ters of the art were chosen to carry 

 out this work and were ably assisted 

 by many of the lesser lights, with the 

 result that all previous decorations 

 were fairly eclipsed. The walls and 

 platform arches were artistically 

 draped with Southern smilax, which 

 was of an unusually good quality; then 

 hanging from the arches and main 

 ceiling were numerous large baskets 

 of vines, which had been brought into 

 flower by a one-hour forcing process, 

 making a charming effect. Many 

 choice decorations and flowering 



